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Picture ID 28909

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Hey Everyone, I took this picture in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. We have a lot of Black widows here but I have never seen one with a stripe on the back. My first Google search brought up the Redback widow from Australia. Is it possible it could be a Redback that somehow made it's way to Canada. Any help with identifying this spider would be great!

  • Submitted by: 
    Cblan
  • Submitted: Aug 16, 2018
  • Photographed: Aug 16, 2018
  • Spider: Unidentified
  • Location: West Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
  • Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
  • Found in web?: Yes
  • Attributes:
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Tequilamockingbird

Northern black widow.

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Bmello

Registered to answer you. I’m also searching web for the same I found in Oliver. May be a red back spider? Find them in Australia etc, but not here. Finding black widows in same house. Also found a false black widow in my house in pitt meadows. Only see them in Australia and UK. Where do we find out for sure?

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BugmanDan

Hi. your location dictates northern black widow, Latrodectus variolus species.
Sub adult and juvenile widows often have the red stripe or spots, possibly some whites and yellow patterns.
https://bugguide.net/node/view/26421/bgimage
These will still have the nefarious red hourglass pattern on the ventral abdomen.

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